Nature and the Orient: The Environmental History of South and Southeast Asia
Experts in history, history of science, archaeology, geography, and environmental studies examine the history of the region.
Experts in history, history of science, archaeology, geography, and environmental studies examine the history of the region.
Main Currents in Western Environmental Thought provides an inclusive and balanced survey of the major issues debated by Western environmentalists over the last three decades.
Faith in Nature traces the history of environmentalism—and its moral thrust—from its roots in the Enlightenment and Romanticism through the Progressive Era to the present.
In his work, Francaviglia proposes “to tell the story of how the Great Basin’s environment resonates in the spiritual lives of all its people”.
The contributions to this volume explore and uncover contemporary scholarship’s debt to the classical and medieval past.
Based on ethnographic and archival data, this in-depth study of the Venetian island of Burano shows how its inhabitants develop their sense of a distinct identity.
A study of homesteading in America from the late nineteenth century to the present.
An anthology devoted to the United States’ earliest nature writing.
The book explores the cultural and religious significance of James Cameron’s film Avatar (2010).
Bron Taylor examines the evolution of “green religions” in North America and beyond.